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Food safety is a high priority when it comes to eating out, so it's no surprise that some diners are put off by watching fast food workers preparing meals without wearing gloves. According to the CDC, ...

A mother and daughter who said they were fired from a fast food restaurant in San José for protesting working conditions rallied Wednesday alongside community members, officials and union ...

Edgar Recinos no longer has to choose between paying rent and buying groceries. As a cook at a Wingstop restaurant in Los Angeles, Recinos got a significant wage bump last year — one of half a million ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A new study by LendingTree found that fast ...

Its workers were the first to stage rallies demanding a minimum wage of $15 an hour. Then, they pressed for changes in the way national restaurant chains set their work schedules. Now, they are asking ...

The Los Angeles City Council voted today to look into how it could expand rights on the job for fast food workers and establish a "Know Your Rights" training program for the industry. What does that ...

If you work for a business that’s understaffed, you might find yourself doing more jobs than just the one you were hired to do. If you were in this situation, would happily help out your coworkers ...

Workers and union officials rallied at Los Angeles City Hall Wednesday to discuss a report that found nearly two-thirds of California’s fast-food workers who responded to a survey do not know that all ...